Example sentences of "argue [conj] if [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly it can be argued that if home helps or social workers request training from the CAB in aspects of new legislation , this can cement a positive relationship between the CAB and the local authority who will then see a service in action that is worth funding . |
| 2 | Sometimes extravagant claims are made for the incapacitatory effectiveness of ordinary prison sentences , and it is argued that if prison sentences were longer this could produce a substantial reduction in crime by means of incapacitation . |
| 3 | Consequently they argue that if entry qualifications are ignored the universities produce a significantly higher proportion of good honours graduates . |
| 4 | Others are less sanguine than Blalock , arguing that if quantification in social research is to proceed , there are some very fundamental problems to resolve first , not least describing accurately and effectively the properties of social phenomena . |
| 5 | Firstly , he points to the recommendations contained in the Wolfenden Report and argues that if society were not able to pronounce homosexuality morally wrong , then there would be no basis for a law which aims to protect youth from ‘ corruption ’ , or for punishing men who live off the earnings of a homosexual prostitute . |
| 6 | It argues that if child support was received in addition to income support the resulting higher incomes would mean that more lone mothers would remain longer on benefit rather than looking for paid employment . |
| 7 | She argues that if thought remains context-bound or context-dependent , control over one 's thought processes is thereby constrained . |